Narayan – Year 12 Student
Editor’s Note: Narayan, studying Spanish in Year 12, has produced a fun revision artefact on a difficult grammar point in Spanish: the relative pronouns. RR
Letras / Lyrics
This song’s about pronouns but they’re relative
They’re used in clauses that are relative
This type of clause is subordinate
Like “I read a book you recommended”
“That” is a pronoun that is relative
See I did it again, it’s all relative
They refer to the noun, or antecedent
Giving extra detail about the sentence
Like that, which, who, whom or whose
Whichever one you choose to use is completely up to you
These aren’t always needed en ingles
But completely necessary in Spanish
Speaking of necessary, on to the next bit
Where we see which clauses are restrictive
If restrictive, infos added for full cohesion
If not you dont need it to complete the (sentence) meaning
In case of prepositions, what do we do
Like “the house where he lives” or “the cinema where he goes to”
Ending (a sentence) with a prep, no lo puedo acabar, so
It’s “la casa donde vive”, “el cine adonde va”
There are many questions on how to use “quien”
Do I use it with a subject and a preposition?
If a verb starts a phrase, you can also use it there
But if it starts with a subject, then you just use “que”
Una cosa sobre “quien” que necesito recordar
El subjeto necesita ser una persona
The antecedent ain’t a thing without a situation
Like “the fact that he was late”, “that he gave an explanation”
If you can’t decide to use a masc fem or plural pronoun
You can just use “lo que” or “lo cual”
That’s all to say on this, think I’m about done
Thank you for listening, this was quite fun.
Narayan Saimbi
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